Jon ... Is this persea tree thought to have stood anywhere in particular? I note that Apophis is associated with mount Baku, the 'mount of the east', in the...
AJ: The snake is a symbol of the goddess as is the lion which appears on the Ishtar gate. The symbol signifies the presence of the god/goddess. The gender of...
... AJ Cleopatra's needle in London records that a sacred ished (Persea) tree stood in Heliopolis from the Old Kingdom. There also were ished trees at...
Gen 1:14-18. 14: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons,...
Parallelling the story of Osiris in the Heliopolitan cosmology in Babylonian mythology we have the story of Enki and Ninhursag, in which the seed of the water...
AJ asked ... No AJ, I am not aware if Hebat, the Hurrian version of Asherah, also means "grove" - I don't suspect it does. Nevertheless special sacred groves...
AJ Yes, it is interesting. I have just this weekend watched James Cameron's Exodus decoded. He speaks about 1. The Bani Hassan wall paintings as the arrival...
Holly, y You may also be interested in the genealogy of Sanchuniathon who has Eros (Canaanite Qetesh) = Love as the child of Elus (El) and Astarte (Asherah?)....
Alex Good link It also reminds me how the rhyming in Genesis "tohu vavohu vechoshech al-peney" (= without form and empty here) is matched with "tehom veruach...
Doesn't the snake in the garden have legs. I can remeber seeing an Egyptian snake that is depicted with legs too. Any ideas where? Was it Apophis? There is a...
Hi Folks Despite the claim that Hezekiah purged the worship of the serpent from the Temple, there is evidence that it continued later than that. Eziekiel...
John wrote; Holly, y You may also be interested in the genealogy of Sanchuniathon who has Eros (Canaanite Qetesh) = Love as the child of Elus (El) and Astarte ...
Holly I think you are right to look at Asherah as a key to unlocking the central mystery of Judaism and the rise of exclusive monotheism. It was a study of...
Wall Street Journal Features AJC Efforts to Preserve Egyptian Jewry Rabbi Andew Baker, AJC's director of International Jewish Affairs, was featured in a Wall...
Midianites, Midyanim and Mitanni Mitanni was a short-lived Hurrian state located on the upper Euphrates River which was in existence from the 16th century BCE ...
Virtual Qumran sheds new light on Dead Sea scrolls discovery site EurekAlert [AAAS], 18-Jun-2007 The mysterious archaeological ruins located paces from where...
Perhaps the serpent (below) who tempted Eve, can also be linked to the flying fiery serpents discussed in other posts. Perhaps the Egyptian "cat" who killed...
Some messages are only now reaching the list - - I have not been close to a functioning computer and this has delayed them. I'll see about changing that...
John wrote: Assuming that humanity does come from hunter-gatherers, where male hunting is balanced with female gathering, how does this balance get broken and...
Holly wrote ... Holly, it is true that testosterone plays a big part in adolescent psychology, as it does in the genetic expression of male characteristics...
I suggest that Asherah/Astare was the biblical angel (read comet or asteroid) who brought destruction. Usually biblical angels seem to have been men, while...
John Croft has graciously accepted the office of co-moderator of AncientBibleHistory. He has demonstrated considerable willingness to research and contribute...
... Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@... ... From: George To: AncientBibleHistory@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 2:21 PM Subject:...
Logical choice, excellent news! Congrats John, perhaps we can crack a bottle over your brow, sorry "bow", and let the celebrations begin! ;-) Any excuse for a...
